College Success Expectations

🔗The OppPortal🔗

The OppPortal is your one stop shop that notifies you about College Success assignments and updates. Please bookmark the OppPortal to stay on top of all things OppNet, it’s key to check it regularly! You can also access OppNet courses from our UNI Library directly via the OppPortal. You will also receive via email a monthly College Success Newsletter, The HUB, spotlighting important reminders.  

📚Required Programming Intensives📚

For College Fellows in the NYC area, the expectation is that you attend College Success programming in person (this includes Fellows who have returned to the city over winter and summer break). Virtual and asynchronous participation will only be allowed with prior notice. Fellows are required to participate in Winter Conference in January 2027, and Summer Series (including Back to OppNet Night) in Summer 2027.

🗣️Required Check-Ins🗣️

Fellows must continue to meet the requirements for check-ins throughout the year. These touch points will be 3 times per semester and are accompanied by a required survey. All fellows are expected to complete 6 required check-ins per school year. Check-ins for the last month of each semester include the required check-in survey, but optional check-in calls via Calendly.

For Fellows with a Checker-Inner:

Fellows must sign up for a check-in meeting (about 30 minutes) via Calendly and complete a short survey 72 hours before the meeting:

• Pre-Matriculation Check-Ins (only required for first years)

• Fall Semester: September Check-In & October Check-in

  • November Check-In call is *opt-in* (survey required)

• Winter Semester: March Check-In & April Check-In

  • May Check-In call is *opt-in* (survey required)

For Fellows without a Checker-Inner:

You can opt-in to a check-in call at any time, requiring at least one check-in with OppNet staff per semester. You can browse which staff members are available in our Checker-Inner Facebook. The middle of fall and spring semesters are a good time to schedule a required check-in. Please continue to complete the 3 required check in surveys per semester. 

✍️Required Surveys & Forms ✍️

College Fellows FY27 Contract: Due in early October, read and sign the College Success contract to understand how we can support you and what we expect of OppNet College Fellows. 

The College and Career Assessment (the CCA): Due in early February, the data from this assessment is key for the Career Success Team to find summer opportunities that are a good fit for you! 

The End of Year Survey (the EOY Survey): Due in early August, your feedback from this survey is key for OppNet to improve our programming for current Fellows.

💼Internship & Career Expectations💼

To explore their career interests, Fellows are encouraged to participate in a summer opportunity. Fellows are expected to: 

• Lead their summer opportunity search independently and take initiative to reach out to resources, including but not limited to OppNet.

• Maintain a high level of responsiveness and professionalism throughout the summer opportunity placement process.

• Communicate with OppNet when a summer opportunity has been secured or plans finalized, whether found through OppNet or independently.

• Continue to build and sustain professional networks throughout the year. 

❤️‍🩹Wellness Supports❤️‍🩹

Fellows can sign up for an appointment with the Wellness Team for: 

• Crisis Counseling for immediate and extreme distress.

• Case-Management for 1:1 collaboration around reaching your wellness goals/needs (includes identifying and finding resources to meet Fellow needs on a circumstantial basis).

• Individual Counseling: 1:1 counseling around relationships, identity, feeling down, stress and anxiety, etc. with a member of the Wellness Team (available for one-off or ongoing counseling sessions).

• External Counseling: referrals to external organizations/counselors for mental health.

Resources Available to OppNet Fellows

Fellows can access the following resources throughout their OppNet experience: 

• Student Services & Wellness Support Request Form

• 1:1 Career Support from the Internships and Career Success Team

• Schedule a Check-In

Fellow Statuses in the OppNet Program

OppNet biannually reviews each Fellow’s progress to identify if they have successfully met OppNet's expectations as outlined above. If you are not meeting them and have not been in communication with your checker-inner or the College Success Team as to why, your status will shift based on the guidelines below. It may impact your eligibility for Summer Opportunity Grants. Our intention is not to penalize you, but to ensure that OppNet continues to provide a meaningful experience to you and your peers.

We understand that the ability to meet OppNet's expectations fluctuates at times, and that is normal. Becoming re-engaged and changing your status begins with communicating and sharing how OppNet can best support you. Our number one priority is that you feel comfortable reaching out and letting us know how we can best assist you.

Active Status:

1. Fellow attends required workshops, meetings and events. Meets expectations as outlined in the Fellow Contract.

2. Stays in communication with OppNet teams (College Guidance and Transition, College Success, and Career Success).

3.Communicates with Checker-Inner and/or the College Success email when you are not able to attend sessions or meet requirements.

4. Active Fellows are eligible for Summer Opportunity Grants.

Pending Status:

Status in OppNet is under review following a previous shift in status or due to a lack of engagement. Pending Fellows are not eligible for Summer Opportunity Grants. Other OppNet resources are still available to Fellows with a pending status. 

Sabbatical Status:

Fellow has notified OppNet of a life circumstance that requires stepping back from programming and communication. Fellows on sabbatical are eligible for Summer Opportunity Grants. 

Dismissed Status:

Fellow has not reengaged with OppNet after receiving a pending status for a year or more. Dismissed Fellows are not eligible for Summer Opportunity Grants. They also will not receive communication or support from OppNet. They can re-engage by reaching out directly to their checker-inner or the College Success Team. 

Any questions or concerns? Feel free to email us at collegesuccess@opportunitynetwork.org.